UkWinds5353

I couldn't believe the story out today that some of the main grocery stores in the UK has been selling horse meat thinking the contents of the packaging was cow beef. This imo is a direct result from the lowering of barriers requiring strict regulation in food safety in a particular nation in order to promote greater trade between nations. I can only imagine how upset people must have been to find out that they probably consumed horse flesh.Even more troubling is the likelyhood that this practise of falsely packaging meat products has been going on for quite some time. Very scary indeed.

md95065

I'm not sure I believe the bit about the supermarkets "thinking the contents of the packaging was cow beef" ...

Sally Redux

Out today?

scrubbedexpat099

RICH

Does anyone really know (or want to know) what the hell is in the Great British Banger?

Yorkieabroad

Or care?

All you need to know is that they're delicious!

AddyLaddy

Sorry can't resist one more Tesco horsey joke ...

A man buys a burger in the Tesco cafe, and the server asks "Would you like anything on your burger sir?"
Man replies, "Yes please, put me down for a quid each way!"

kimilseung

+1
They are packed full of yumminess.

RICH

My point exactly. You don't need to know what it is, just that it is good. I think this anti-horse nonsense will fall at the first hurdle.

Sally Redux

Well the good thing is, it's put me off puns for life.

kimilseung

The problem with the horse, is that there is no line of monitoring or supervision. I am fine eating horse if it tastes good. I would not be fine with for example getting CJD because someone thought the food supply line is an easy way to get rid of dodgy dead cows.

(LOL at the joke)

Pulaski

In the immortal words of Yes Minister, surely you mean "emulsified offal tube"?

I like a good British sausage, and there are some very good ones available, but the contents of the basic pink skinny economy sausage is probably about 30% bread crumbs, maybe 30% assorted pig protein, much of the rest is likely what we learned in 2012, is known as "pink slime". What we learned in 2013 is that it ain't necessarily pork, or even beef.

sir_eccles

Now we know why Findus puts so much cheese on its lasagne.





It's to mask the pony.

Pulaski

...... or good-to-firm!

kimilseung

<fingers in ears> Na na na na na na na la la la